Spanish 2010-2011

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[Again, we all know the job market sucks. It's frustrating. But please, this is a site intended to share information about recent developments regarding the job search, not a space in which to complain, slander, or vent.]

NOTE: if there is controversy about a particular school (as seems to be the case with Reed College on this page, for example), the currently unused Talk:Spanish 2010-2011 page is the place to hold that discussion. I would encourage you to move those debates there. Thanks. Una74 18:12, March 2, 2011 (UTC).

Use the Word on the Street section for status inquiries. Please read directions.

University of Alabama Birmingham (Spanish Linguistics).

Purdue North Central '

Salem College - offer extended and accepted.

Wilkes University.

College of Charleston (VAP) - offer extended, third hand, possible rumor (4.29) / Can anyone add to or confirm this? / Did anyone hear about interviews or receive rejection letters?/ So, not a word from them? Does anyone have insider knowledge?

Mt. Mercy U (Iowa) -offer extended and accepted (4/27)

Amherst College (Lecturer) - offer extended and accepted (4/25)

Wesley College - offer extended (4/25)

Indiana University of Pennsylvania - offer extended (4/19)

Georgia Southwestern State University -Offer accepted.

Buena Vista University - suspended search (did not hire anyone)

5/11 Now a letter has been sent saying that they have hired someone, R:strange, went on campus visit, got an email that they decided not to hire anyone at this time, then got the same mass email that they have filled the position...why the need to not be straight with people?

Temple University (Golden Age), accepted (3/30). Can this be confirmed (by someone other than Mago de Oz, who also listed the Oakland and UofA positions as accepted w/o specifying whether his info on all 3 positions is 2nd-hand)? (Confirmed 3/30 first hand). Yes, confirmed that it was a fake search.

Oakland University (Golden Age), accepted (3/20). Can this be confirmed (by someone other than Mago de Oz)?

U of Arkansas Fayetteville (VAP, Medieval), accepted (3/31). Can this be confirmed (by someone other than Mago de Oz)? (Confirmed 3/30 email)

UT-Martin -- Offer accepted.

Siena C -- Offer extended and accepted

Western Oregon University, offer extended and accepted

Davidson College -- Offer extended and accepted (3/28)

Metropoiltan State College of Denver -- offer extended; turned down

Tulsa: Offer extended and accepted. Letter received (22-3)

Ball State University: Offer extended (and accepted). Internal candidate? A: I believe not (2nd hand) A2: No (at least one of the two positions).

Transylvania (Medieval). Offer extended. Has this offer been accepted? How many people did they interview? R: Offer was accepted.

University of Evansville. Offer extended & accepted.

Rhodes College (Medieval/Golden Age) Offer accepted (second hand) //Can someone confirm? (internal candidate?). Offer definitely accepted and not by internal candidate. Thanks Congrats. Great college and place and a dept with a lot of future. /Congrats! They were impressive. If you mind my asking, did they go for a medievalist or a siglodeorista? A: Medievalist.

College of Charleston (Medieval/Golden Age) Offer extended and accepted (3/4)

University of Michigan Offers extended (extremely reliable second hand)

Berkeley (offer extended, Second hand). ??? I heard the search was suspended. Confirmed, search cancelled. Really??? Why? Budget? No, SC couldn't come to an agreement. But, but, but, but... They had an inside candidate we were assured!!!111!!! A: Y, efectivamente, el inside candidate fue contratado. Fijaros en el website del depto. dentro de un par de meses. No sean tan histéric@s, que no es buena pinta. No contrataron a nadie y no van a contratar a nadie (y ese website ni siquiera funciona): NEXT!!!! A. What sucks is that we all know that there will be a "next" rumor about Berkeley. Listen ppl: there's a LOT of misunderstood info outthereabout the dept. You need to sift through the comments and figure out which info is posted by grad students in the dept., b/c that info has been spot on over the last several years.

Arizona State golden age cancelled, lack of funding (email)

Valdosta (2nd hand info; not sure if offer has been accepted) OP: Which position? There are multiple searches from Valodsta (5-6 I believe) ... A. I heard it was for modern peninsular.

IUPUI (Spanish Linguistics):(2nd hand) - Accepted? Q. Did they hire a fresh PhD (at the rank of Assistant professor) or an advanced scholar, at the rank of Associate professor? Offer accepted (03/15) at the rank of Assistant Professor. - - -> OK, thank you for the update! How about French search? - - > Did they finalize it? I'm sorry but I have no idea about the French search. - -> OK:) sorry about this question and thank you for your reply!

University of Houston (2nd hand) Accepted. Congratulations! Is this for the Mexicanist/Transatlantic job or the Latino Studies position? A: They just hired someone who does Caribbean / Women Studies. A2: They have actually hired a Mexicanist. A3: I guess then they have hired both, a Caribbeanist and a Mexicanist. The information about the Caribean hired is very reliable.

West Virginia U: Spanish Linguistics offered (2/2) and accepted (around 2/6) [Speculation moved to Word on the Street]

Middle Tennessee State University: 2/2, offer accepted

Middlebury (1-year VAP, Portuguese): 1/26 - Offer accepted.

Michigan Tech When? Accepted?

UNC-Chapel Hill (Ling.)

Indiana U (Director of Language Program: (1/24) offer extended, accepted in February. Candidates did not meet position requirements but one was hired anyway

U of Kentucky: campus visit scheduled (4/18) They still have interviews scheduled at the MLA (That is University of Kentucky at Louisville)

UCF (Spanish Linguistics): campus visit scheduled for 4/4

Wesley College. Campus visit scheduled (4/7).

Hampden Sydney. Campus visit scheduled.

UNC Pembroke (3/4). Campus visit scheduled.

Purdue North Central (3/23)

Indiana State U (3/16) Campus visit scheduled x2

U. Arkansas (Fayetteville)- one year visiting (Medieval)? Is this an inquiry or are you stating that, in fact, campus visits have been scheduled? I ask because this was posted before the final day of telephone interviews. A: When did they end phone interviews? Any offer made? A. I don't know about this year, but in previous years I don't think there have been campus visits for this position. A: k, thx. any news about an offer extended? A. I don't know about an offer, but the people are nice there and responsive, so a direct inquiry via email might do the trick. A: thx, but i do not know. i am not sure about that...but thx anyway. i really appreciate it. Q: any news on this one? thanks so much in advance. Q: still no news??? Q: offer extended?? A. Offer extended & accepted (second hand).

Rockhurst University: Campus visit scheduled 3/8

Norwich University (3/8) x2

Ball State University (2/24) Q. Could you clarify which position this is? They are still advertising this position and evidently there are two different ones. A. Tenure-track generalist.

Mary Baldwin College (2/16) It is listed below (1/11), so this must be a second round Q: is this the Spanish/Latin@ position? A:Yes.

Western Oregon University (2/22) Campus visits scheduled

Ohio Wesleyan (2/15)

Bentley University (2/7) Campus visits scheduled

Virginia Tech (2/11) [comments have been moved to "word on the street" below] Q: Really????

U of Georgia (lecturer) (2/11)

Lewis University (2/11) - campus inverviews scheduled early for March

University of Northern Iowa (2/11) x2

Aquinas College (2/7, second hand) Q: For the Linguistics or Spanish/French position? 2/09, Linguistics.

West Virginia University (February; second hand), Q: Is this the LatAm teaching assist prof position?

Berkeley MLA 1/7/2011 [is this date/place campus visit was scheduled???] No, el dia que me dijeron que era finalista. [so, the answer is YES ;)] Q: There is only ONE person scheduled for Berkeley and it was scheduled either at the interview or right after? A: No, ya llamaron al resto.

Amherst: Lecturer Position, phone interview, email contact (3/4) x2 Q: Wow!!! It took only three days (applications were due 3/1) to read ALL the applications and decide on candidates? That is efficiency!!! A: No, they were reading every single one once it arrived. Q: Any news after the phone interviews? (4/9).A:4 candidatas invitadas a campus.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania. 3/14. A: Just DO NOT go. See what I found (wiki tesol, 2011): "Be aware there is an ongoing retrenchment at the Univ., both for tenure and tenure-track appointments (which includes the new hirings). This will transform this position in a kind'a "visiting" position, or non-tenure track after a year, in 2012-13 (even it is a TT position, the Univ. keeps the right to renew a contract annually, without taking into consideration your perfomance): http://www.iup.edu/newsItem.aspx?id=100619&amp%3Bblogid=6291

Miami Dade College (3/4) e-mail contact for phone interview.

UVI (St. Thomas) (3/9) e-mail contact for phone interview

Mount Mercy College: (3/9) email contact for phone interview.

Indiana State University: email contact for phone interview (3/3) x2

Norwich U: email contact for phone interview.

Purdue North Central: phone contact for phone interview. x2

UNC Pembroke (2/27): email contact for phone interview ¿Qué? That job was just announced in the Chronicle today!. They did not call me, but the position had been cancelled and has reopened. They wrote to me to see if I was still interested. For assistant tt or Visiting P? A: I'm pretty sure it is for TT. Q: ¿Otra ronda de entrevistas? No entiendo, los campus visit para TT ya están calendarizados.

Community College of Philadelphia: (1/13) web cam interview. Someone needs to update their HR job postings site -My application status still says in progress. Have the on-campus interviews at the Community College of Philadelphia started? Any word on this position from anyone?

U of Central Arkansas: (1/12) phone interview

Regis U: (1/12) Mail contact to ask for an additional Mission Statement to the short listed candidates. Phone interviews TBA. Has an interview been scheduled yet?

Florida Gulf Coast: (1/12)x2 Phone interview, phone contact--Q: has there been any follow-up? Campus interview scheduled? A: I had a campus visit, they told me they will have a decision made by this week.

Columbia University (Contemporary Latin American Cultural Studies): (12/20) MLA interview, email contact x6. Interviewed (3 questions only: what is your research, what texts do you use, do you have any questions: then rejected via email).

Denison University (TT Latin American): (12/20) MLA interview, phone contact. They will most likely ask you to describe what a normal day looks like when you teach a course, that is, they want you to describe what you do and how you do it. Good luck! Oh, forgot, they will also ask you if you have ever been to Ohio and how you feel about that part of the country. They were nice people.

Middlebury College (TT Spanish Transnational):(12/16), MLA interview, phone contact x4 Q: Is anyone else still waiting to receive word on the scheduling of their interview for this position? I received a call from the department administrator on 12/16 informing me that I had an interview; she asked for possible times, and then said she would get back to me when the schedule was set, probably by the following Monday. Since then I've heard nothing- I emailed last week but still haven't heard back.

Temple U (Portuguese/ Spanish): Second hand, already carried out phone interview (before 12/14) Q: Anyone else get called for an interview? To the person who interviewed: Did they mention anything about further interviews at the MLA? Or is this the position in Golden Age? A: (not the person who posted the original info) I had an interview for the Portuguese/Spanish position- they are not going to MLA and said they would be making decisions on who to invite to campus later in January.

Word to the wise: be very wary of any rumor that would make you be less prepared at any stage of the job search, from initial application to MLA/phone interview to campus interview.

More words to the wise: The wiki is very helpful for sharing factual information, and it works best when the users specify the source while protecting their identities (i.e. "first hand," "reliable second hand," "unsubstantiated rumor," etc.). THAT SAID, there are candidates who use this forum as a psychological battlefield. I was offered a job for one of the positions discussed on this page, and let me tell you: at almost EVERY stage of the process, there was such consistent and persistent misinformation that I can only understand it as a deliberate attempt to influence the search or drive away qualified applicants. Honestly, these ppl would be better off strengthening their cv than behaving like pre-teens.

Please attempt to provide more pertinent information and less commentary. We all know the job market sucks, so let's focus on what the wiki does best: provide a space to keep us informed about the ebbs and flows of the Spanish academic job market.

Angelo State University any news?

Boston University Lectureships: 5/27 Anyone have news after campus visits?

Uof Houston-Victoria Any news? Anyone else apply??

Second hand reliable: The University of Louisiana at Monroe will be hiring an Assistant Professor tenure track, Modern Peninsular. Apparently they need to fill the position ASAP. Phone interviews (how many?) schedule May 26 and 27.

Virginia Tech I'm very curious about all the claims made regarding offers, interviews, and campus visits. They have recently (in the last 2 weeks) begun advertising several positions again on all of the internet job sites. Do they think that they will get different or better applicants at this point? Have their offers been refused? Any info? (4/7) I know of one refusal, but I'm not sure what they did about that position (ie, offered it to another candidate?).

UNC Pembroke after campus visits? What day? Apparently some people were there on February and other people in March. Q: Are we talking about the tenure-track position. There is another search for an Instructor. Se están llevando a cabo 3 búsquedas, 2 para TT y una para Instructor.http://www.uncp.edu/fl/news/news.htm Lo que no sé es si ya le han ofrecido alguno de estos 3 puestos a algún candidato. Any News? Post-campus visits? Offer extended and accepted? Conozco a alguien que recibió (y según entiendo, ya aceptó) la oferta de la posición TT. Q: Colonial or Latin Am? Instructor?

Indiana U - Bloomington (Lectureship position). Any news? 04/05 R: They needed to wait until at least the 15th before they made any decisions. It depends on the number of graduate students coming this fall and how many plan on staying an additional year. Hopefully news should come fairly soon.

University of New Mexico. 3/18. An offer has been made to a candidate for the PORTUGUESE position.

Boston College (VAP, Open Field)? Q: you must be kidding me, really. geezzzzz....the deadline is the 3/25/11. please, be serious... A: Hehe, to the previous poster, chill, dude, the deadline for this one was march 1st, and the position is not even online anymore (not to be confused with the part time). It's clear in their website that no more full-time positions are being offered, and the position dissappeared from the web (http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/romlang/faculty-staff/employmentopportunities.html) that is why I am asking, legitimate question for this forum don't you think so? (3/17). A: a ver, el anuncio fue puesto de nuevo con nueva fecha. My fault, I read Boston U, and not Boston C. My apologies and good luck! Q. So does anyone know if the VAP has been filled? Or if the position has been cancelled? Requested additional information last week (3/24).

West Chester? Any news? I imagine they have already had campus visits and made an offer but no one hs posted anything about it. A: Campus interviews are completed. Not sure about offer.

Providence College (Caribbean) -- does anyone know what is happening with this search, post-MLA?. I know 4 people who had interviews at the MLA for this job. None of them got a campus visit. Its maybe cancelled or who knows... A2: There were, at least, on-campus interviews, roughly two weeks ago. Second hand, reliable, 3/14.

Dartmouth -- has an offer been made/accepted? Deal made

Does anyone know anything about the Latin Americanist senior position at Princeton University? It was announced with a deadline in January. Is this a real search? A: candidates have been invited to campus.

UCF (Visiting Instructor)

Florida Southern College?

U Tennessee at Chattanooga? They invited three candidates. The third one had the campus visit this week.

Molloy College?

NYU (lecturer position)? Q: ¿Se sabe algo de este puesto? (5/4)

U of Illinois, Springfield?

Does anyone know what happened in the SUNY Purchase search?

Gettysburg College? Haver offers been made yet for Linguistics position?

UW-Madison? Have offers been made for any of the positions?

Aquinas C?

Alvernia?

Wheaton? A: I know that they are still doing campus visits. Someone I know is going next week.

Any news on whether the University of Tulsa (Golden Age) has made a hire?

Any news on U of Alabama Birmingham (Linguistics)? Have they scheduled campus visits?

Does anybody know what happened with the Spanish Linguistics position at SUNY Oneonta? Have they scheduled campus interviews?

Any news regarding the Spanish Instructor position at Loyola Chicago: palabra alguna (2/21)?

Any word on U. Minnesota-Twin Cities Global Studies/Spanish position after visits? I'm assuming they've reached out to their candidate... R: They have made an offer but I'm unaware of how the negotiations have gone.

Wheaton?

Marian? Offer extended and accepted some time in March; 2nd hand, extremely reliabe. (It's now May.)

Sonoma State U: Does anyone know what the status of this search is? Any on campus interviews?

Nicholls State? They're hiring? With the situation being what it is in Louisiana, I'm amazed they're even advertising a position (that I haven't seen or heard about). It could take some time for the search to advance given the politics involved in budget cuts... Life's not too peachy in the state, to say the least

Bahamas?: Interview scheduled (2/18).

University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas?: Phone interview scheduled (see previous section)

College of St. Elizabeth: Novedades? (Is this a confirmation of an interview, or should this go into "Word on the Street"?) Rejection e-mail received 1-18, Have they already conducted a round of interviews, or is this in reference to the first cut (1/18)? Q: Does anyone have any iformation on this position, interviews, other rejections, etc? - Thanks! (1/20). No hay novedades aqui entonces? Has anyone received news other than a rejection for this position? (2/9). En serio, que pasa con este puesto que lleva meses en los anuncios de MLA y nada mas que una "rejection" aca en wothest.? Q: Habran suspendido la busqueda? (2/18). There must be someone that has a friend of a friend that has some insight into what is going on here. A: Phone interview (sorry, I don't check this page much, since it's pretty depressing), phone contact.

Does anyone know if the Lauder Institute at UPenn is still receiving applications for the Spanish Lecturer position? R: Yes, they are. They are accepting applications and interviewing on a case-by-case basis. - Thanks for your response. Q2: Do you know what their time frame is, or when one might expect to hear from them? R: They're pretty quick. I sent in my materials at the end of December, got an interview in a week or so, and got a rejection email a couple of weeks later. All within a month. FYI, I think they're looking for native speakers, so if that's you, go for it. I applied a month ago and stil have not heard anything 2/23.

Any news about Princeton University's Latin Americanist position?

U. of Minnesota Duluth?

Any news about Texas State-San Marcos (Medieval)?

Any news about U. Chicago?

Looks like Hamilton had a SUNY professor to campus this week. (what a mess this page has become, stuff is copied and pasted and bullets are everywhere) OP: And certainly not conforming to the MLA Formatting standards for Academic Wiki's (6th edition of course) OP: Yeah, and people wonder why they don't get jobs? Maybe you should manage it, and that should be your job.... OP: At this point, it just might end up being my job. . . .

UNC-Greensboro? Has anyone heard anything about this position? NC is making budget cuts and I am curious if this is having an effect on this position or I could go with theory there is VAP whose profile fits the stated description. A. Though there is mass hysteria on this wiki regarding the statuses of VAPs who are inside candidates, which may or may not be grad students freaking out about those already in the profession, it is often the case that a search committee will go with an external candidate. The only thing one can do is apply. OP. I guess I shouldn't have gotten distracted with the hysteria. My real question is related to the budget cuts. Does anyone know if there is a hiring freeze in NC? The deadline has long past and according to the WIKI they haven't contacted anyone. NEWS FLASH!! - Rejection letter received 3/14 - Kind of strange that not one interview was mentioned for this position on the Wiki. 3/21. There is an inside candidate.

BMCC...CUNY started the semester today, 31 Jan. Probably they will contact soon?

Providence College, post-MLA? Have campus visits been scheduled? A: I had a skype interview back in December for Spanish Ling position...but have not heard anything yet! No news on campus visits?

High Point? R: I think they are still in the process of doing Skype interviews with candidates. Campus visits to follow. OP: Didn't know they had reached Skype interview stage, even. Thanks! Campus visits happening/already completed (2nd hand info). OP: I am doubtful that the visits are complete. I know second hand that there were still interviews with the committee as recently as las week . . .that they are done with visits sounds like rumour to me, but who knows. I was the 2nd hand info; I heard from a colleague that a friend of his had a campus visit a couple of weeks ago, so I extrapolated from that.

Weber State? Was anyone interviewed for this position?

Syracuse U? (Latino in Spanish?)

'Temple U (Golden Age)? inside candidate Q. Can you elaborate on this? A: they hired someone two years ago (golden age specialist) and they are very happy with him.

any news on U Wisconsin - La Crosse? heard 2nd hand position was earmarked for someone

Any news from University of Central Florida (Spanish Linguistics)?

Anything on that Cornell 1 year Early Modern visiting position? Does this still exist or is it the same as the lecturer position mentioned above?

Any news on Elon University (Spanish linguistics)? Have they already scheduled campus interviews? A: Yes. Position was cancelled

University of Connecticut? Visits have been in process for a while now. Not sure if they have made an offer.

Univeristy of Richmond: True post-colonial scholars be aware of this position. There are two war fronts: one led by the usual Spaniards and the other by Latin Americanists. They want a post-colonial scholar that does not challenge coloniality of power but rather replicates it. Enjoy the ride!

U of Montreal? Has anyone been contacted? A: Rejection Letter (02/17) I got one in French, and they wrote my name wrong too!

U of Zurich?

U North Carolina Charlotte (Translation)? Still nothing?

Baylor? Campus visits scheduled, first-hand.

SUNY Oneonta (Spanish Linguistics)? Rejection letter received by e-mail on January 11th.

West Chester U? Received an e-mail (1/26) today asking to indicate by 1/28 if you would like your application materials reviewed.

Western Oregon? Q: Rejections? No, I am still waiting for any news as well.

U. of Notre Dame? A: I'm guessing they are going with an inside candidate (the Visiting Professor who has a number of great publications and is Rolena Adorno's protege). R: Not true.

Does anyone know if the Universite de Montreal is going to schedule MLA interviews, despite the heavy implications (below) that they have a Canadian-Franco-phone insider? R: Like comment above, received rejection letter in French on 2/17. Was told by a Canadian friend that U of Montreal is notoriously 1) Nepotistic 2) Chauvinistic--i.e. they want a French speaker for the position. And then institutions from Canada generally don't like to hire U.S.-granted Ph.D.s because Yankee institutions won't hire people with Canadian Ph.D.s. Q2: Was it a letter by mail or email? J'ai aussi recue la lettre en disant je ne suis pas élu(e) parce que ils ont besoin d'un autre professeur, heuresement il est le prof qu'ils avaient dejá pensé!!! No me importa, la verdad.

St. Olaf: Not that I'm callow or new to the ways of the world; I do know that there are bad people everywhere. This is certainly a plausible story. But it seems that whenever a certain profile of Peninsular interview comes up, a set of rumors about the institution/position also tend to pop up. St. Olaf: horrible racists; Colby, Carnegie Mellon: positions canceled; NCSU: vague implications that the committee did not practice due diligence; West Chester will fire you as soon as they hire you, if they hire you; Univ. of Minnesota this year and USC last year: it's Teh Gheys, and so on. Either the 18th century-21st century Peninsularists are all heading into poisoned waters, or there's a good deal of manure being spread. Agreed! ¡Totalmente de acuerdo! x3 Pensad lo que querais, si conocierais bien la academia no seriais tan ingenuos. De ingenuo nada; conozco bastante bien cómo (no) funciona la academia. Más ingenuo sería el que se tragara sin pensárselo dos veces el chismeo que circula en este blog, sin embargo. Btw. West Chester tendra que contratar al candidato que echaron de Mansfield -o sea que seguid pensando lo que querais, pero la realidad es esta que planteamos aqui. Y es bien posible que sea así. De hecho, es el «rumor» más probable, desde mi punto de vista. R. I'm sure that some of the nearly dozen rumors have some validity, but it's rather curious that some of the more ridiculous ones have been about modern peninsular, followed by nasty back and forths. R (original poster): My point exactly. It's not that I believe that academia is a pleasure palace; it's not even that any of these rumors are wrong. It's simply that the preponderance of ridiculous stories about Peninsular positions makes me question the validity of any rumor about any of the Peninsular jobs.

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities: Word on the street is that they're actively scouting a gay faculty member Good news is that you probably will be invited to give a job talk rather than a job fuck, so whether you dig the same or the opposite, you can just keep em guessing all the way to an offer ; ). Sigh. I've seen a lot of searches and I must say that I haven't come across one where they seek out a faculty member b/c they are gay. Gotta love the anonymity of the wiki! It's a great medium to let your true bigoted self shine. For some reason this (insane homo-paranoia) happened on last year's wiki too; as you say, the kind of conversations that a committee/dept. would be required to have in order to "scout a gay faculty member" are just unimaginable (or rather, perhaps slightly hilarious to imagine, depending on the dept. but still, it just couldn't happen). Such a search assumes a series of invasive questions have been asked and inquires made into areas of candidate's lives are that inappropriate and illegal. (And also suggests that current faculty have submitted themselves to the same. Presumably, in a such an institution a head-count was made of the faculty in which each member identified their sexuality and it was determined that more gay faculty members were needed? Give me a break!) *Shut up. If I want a gay job I'm willing to do what it takes to get it! Honey, if they had wanted a gay candidate, they could have hired me several years ago! ;-) The U of M is one of the great PC universities, which will cancel a search if they can't find a candidate who fits its agenda. If you don't play hockey, you're dead meat as a white male. Como es diferente la perspectiva! la conocí muy bien, y la U of M me parece todo menos PC, qué chistoso comentario. R: el asunto es que buscan gay y hombre que cumpla cuota, veremos. A quota on how many gays in a dept. and university??? Really? Absolute bollocks. How does the university verify if current faculty/employees are gay? How does the university keep records on this? Maybe they want someone who does queer theory and/or gender studies, but if they wanted that they probably would have had a completely different job ad. These "Oh no! It's Teh Gays" "contributions" to the wiki remind me of a headline from the Onion this past summer: "Repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Pave Way for Gay Sex Right on Battlefield, Opponents Fantasize." R. I have a pretty good idea who is talking all this shit. And yes, that's how I know he's gay. TOO FUNNY... they probably have a "gaydar" like Dwight Shrute in The Office. I agree, what a stupid comment about a university! R. And yet, even funnier, two of the top candidates were gay. R. Shocking. There are gays in literature (opponents fantasize). Btw, let's take a look at all the searches where there were 2 or more straight finalists. I'm sure it's a conspiracy.

Dartmouth College? What are they looking for? It is not very clear for me. Any advice? R. My sense is that they don't really know either; this the recycled form of the search they failed last year. That position was in media studies or something like that (and they interviewed people working with radically different questions and regions). My sense would be to just present yourself well (like always) but I don't think (like almost always) that any calculation can be averred that would guarantee things because what they're looking for, well, they'll know it when they see it, or something like that.

UC Irvine: R. Campus already scheduled. Does anyone know when notified and how many candidates?

East Carolina U? Letter received 11/25 saying the search committee will select the top 3 candidates from the pool for on-campus interviews. No mention to the MLA at all. (Nov 27) Q. What position? A: TT, not the non-tenure-track. Hang in there!

Any news from SU of New York, Purchase C? Is anyone even exactly sure what they are looking for here? Honestly, I wasn't able to tell from the MLA posting. Anyone have word on them since skype interviews??? A (2/1): No...still no news since the skype interview in December for Spanish Ling position!?! I have no idea what they are lookig for!

Any news from Penn State (Spanish Basic Language Program Director)?

They have a strong inside candidate.

A lecturer? A: Well, this candidate didnt promote, so (s)he might be a lecturer now (BTW, es un secreto a voces....); what I'm wondering is the way in which (s)he will play the cards -specially when it's popularly known that (s)he is in the job market...

Any news from the C of the Holy Cross (Position in 19th-21st century Latin American poetry)?

Any news from UC Berkeley? I heard some applicants were ask to provide aditional materials. Can somebody confirm this? Confirmed. R: Apparently there is an 'internal' candidate with 'conexiones'. R: Who is this candidate with "conexiones"? R: Alguien borro esto! Es profesor de una universidad top del este? Reporten de nuevo, estoy interesada, me pidieron la disertacion y quiero saber cuan posible es mi chance. R: Han pedido la disertation a muchas personas -es normal en ellos, pero cuando piden la disertacion es solo para comprobar que realmente estais avanzados. El candidato que tienen en mente es de una universidad publica muy prestigiosa del norte del pais (no tan al este, pero casi). R. If it makes you feel better, it seems they asked fewer people for their materials this year than last time around (2008)--nearly everyone I know received such a request in 2008. As far as insiders... "tienen en mente" is a bit of a joke; departments--and Cal in particular--are let's say very "heterogeneous." Perhaps a few members have this person in mind, and perhaps this will give that person a strong advantage, but it's hard to imagine a department having such a strong and singular will. (See also the open-ended nature of the description.) R: De cual universidad? No se me ocurre, den mas pista por favor! R: Que importa de que universidad? Ademas, segun supe la inside candidate con sus conexiones ESTA en Berkeley con un posdoc. R: Rejection email on 12/17 x2 (a really nice rejection, too. I'm impressed.) Q: Did anyone esle not receive a rejection email? Was asked for additional materials but this was last communication.//Q: Why are they conducting a search? Did someone not get tenure or because of a retirement? R. Retirements, scholars moving to other schools, etc. Large undergrad and grad program means they need people. The department is stabilizing and will continue to have searches every 1-2 years (I'm guessing) for the foreseeable future. I point this out b/c there's a lot of gossip about Berkeley. The past couple of searches and searches in the future will be about replacing ppl that have left through natural attrition or retirement. R. Like others have said, you just cannot say that the entire dept. is behind 1 candidate. Any post-doc currently at Berkeley was selected by the university, not the dept. And keep in mind that post-docs at UCB are extremeley competitive, so anybody coming out of UCB w/ a post-doc is going to be sought after by *other* top ranked universities'. Bottom line is if you got an interview, you're still in the game and best wishes to you! Does anyone know how many candidates? R: 4 campus visits scheduled. 1 is a current post-doc. 1 is an advanced Assistan Prof. 2 are abds. Btw, the reason they ask for all writing is because they actually READ potential candidates' research before inviting them to campus. (Crazy, I know... they are actually interested in knowing the work of who they hire...Can you imagine?) I thought that was standard until I went on the market, where 9 of 10 times, its about how well you talk the game. Most of the faculty I know at Berkeley hardly agree with each other about what day it is; it's unlikely they are conniving to give anybody special treatment.

Any news on Ithaca College? Rejection email for English Post-Colonial/World Literatures position, Dec 5. How about medieval?

Any news from Pittsburgh (Spanish Linguistics)?

Q: (2/1) Any further news on this position? I recieved a letter of afirmative action in the mail in early January...but have not heard anything regarding interviews.

2/1 I know several candidates were interviewed at the LSA on Jan 6-7 (I was one). Haven't heard from them since (yet).

They have scheduled at least one campus interview, which has been completed as of 2/19.

Does any one know anything about the job ad from Western Michigan University? (Spanish Linguistics) Is this job for real or they have an internal candidate? They have a tiny PhD program and DO NOT believe in academic incest, so an inside candidate is doubtful

Portuguese and Spanish, please: I think we shouldmutually cross-reference each other's pages, especially considering that many positions (prime examples this year include Macalester College and Temple U.) seek candidates who can "double-dip" in Portuguese and Spanish, and/or Latin Americanists who incorporate Brazil.

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Q: How long does it take for universities to send you a reimbursement check for campus visit expenses? It's been almost a month since I got back. Would it be appropriate to e-mail them at some point? When? A: If you have a admin contact person I would feel free to email them and ask what they process you need to go through to get reimbursed. Being polite and deferntial helps.

The art of being an Instructor/Lecturer:

Q: What is the usual time frame for hearing back about instructorships and lectureships.

Q2: Is anyone willing to provide anonymous salary and benefit information? For instance, one I know - A1: Public R-1 in Midwest, $40,000 a year, with health benefits but no travel budget. A2: Muy buena idea, Privada del Midwest, $45,000, con $750 presupuesto para investigaciones. A3. Liberal Arts, mid-west/south, $50,000, benefits, 1,800 annually for conferences, 2,500 competitive summer research funds. A4. The answer in A1 is inaccurate. Salaries at Public R-1s in the Midwest start around $52K-$55K + benefits, usually with 3 years of start up funds (around $2K/year) in addition to the travel money given by the department. I am a TT faculty member at an R-1 in the Midwest, so this is first hand information. $40K is a high full-time instructors salary. Even small schools start their TT faculty at around $45K. A5. I recommend checking out glassdoor.com. Make sure you put in your salary so that we can get a decent base of salaries for Assistant Profs, VAP and lecturers. A6: Full-time lecturer, midwest, private, $42,000 + benefits

Do's and Dont's of Campus Visits:

Q: Has anyone heard from the Community College of Philadelphia about on-campus visits (as of Feb. 26)? Thank you!

Q: Any advice from successful campus visits? What are some good questions to ask the committee? When is a good time to give them syllabi you prepared for their institution? Thanks!

The popular case of UNC-Chapel Hill (Spanish Linguistics):

Q: Has anyone else heard from UNC? Thanks!

A1: The internal word is that a guy from Iowa (ABD) got a videoconference interview for this week (11/18). It would be interesting to know how many other applicants received any news from the search commitee)

Q: Have they only interviewed 1 person, or is the Iowa guy #2?

A1: No clue whether the Iowa ABD was #1 or #10, but the word around was that his interview was scheduled for this week. No other rumor has been spread before, so this may mean something

A2: Just FYI, I got a rejection letter from them yesterday (11/23). They must have someone in mind because I had all three of the languages they mentioned in their posting and still didn't get an interview. I know my portfolio does not suck THAT bad.

I am a Colonial Mexican and Caribbean scholar that just defended a PhD at a "top ten" university and in a top five department (not according to the latest NRC rankings que son risibles). I have applied to a variety of universities. A friend of mine gave me the advice of not putting my publications (variety of journals) for teaching and mid-level big state universities. Is that a good advice? I understand that in the past they would worry about scholars leaving after a year or two, but in this climate, would they still go with a lesser candidate for "safety"?

A: I don't know who your friend is but this is the worst advice I have ever heard. I've been on multiple committees and when we questioned whether someone from an elite university would be interested in our department long-term, it was never because they had too many publications, but rather because they displayed a condescending attitude to our institution.

A: I think things are too unpredictable to give an answer one way or the other, and I'm not sure I would go so far as to delete publications from the vita when applying to such institutions. But it can be a problem, for example, if your publication records is seen to rival those of people who will soon be going up for tenure at such institutions. Sometimes, of course, and not always: there are a lot of playa haters out there. So you certainly might find yourself walking a thin line in some cases. At the same time, I'm glad to hear the above poster and her/his comrades only ask such questions when the candidate displays a hostile attitude. In my experience it has been to the contrary--defending my candidacy along such lines at institutions I very much liked. Indeed, the expectation should always be that your application stands as proof that both the institution as well as the place are in some sense attractive to the candidate.

Original respondent again: I may have been a bit hyperbolic by saying that was the worst advice ever....I don't doubt that there are insecure senior faculty at lots of institutions and it's definitely good to have that in mind. I just meant that rather than dumbing yourself down, I'd focus on showing interest in their department and the opportunities you see for yourself there. ----- Muy bien. Gracias por el consejo! At the end, I left the publications on my curriculo.

A: I think it would be unwise to leave off pertinent research publications, but I would leave off non-pertinent publications--those just clutter up the cv and are a nuisance for people trying to get to the meat of where you are in your career. Committee members know what their institution requires for you to get tenure, and they want to make a successful hire (someone who will excel and get tenure), so they are evaluating your research in light of that. If you have published more than what you say before coming there, those publications might not count at their institution if they pre-date your job, which may mean that you may not have as much other work as they anticipated for you to publish in time to successfully get tenure there. In essence, you want to have published enough to show that you can succeed at it, but not so much that you won't have enough material in reserve to publish to help your pursuit of tenure. I think mis-representing your research pubs is a bad idea. You can only package yourself so much--you also have to be true to who you are, because they are hiring the real you and you want it to be a good match.

Question: I'm still waiting around for an MLA interview, and haven't made any plans yet. I'm not freaking out quite yet (I see that many of the schools I've applied to haven't contacted anyone yet, according to this wiki), but I'm wondering how long I can/should wait before giving up and assuming that I won't be getting an interview at the MLA. I just don't have the funds to travel to the convention if I don't have an interview, and I think that might be a little depressing anyway! Is anyone else in this situation (or been in this situation in years past), and if so, what would you recommend? I can stay with friends in LA, so I'm not as worried about the hotel, but I don't know how long I can wait before buying a ticket- airline tickets from the East Coast to LA are expensive enough, but I'm worried that I'll pay twice as much if I wait until the week (or days!) before. Ideas?

Answer: Without knowing your field/what schools you're waiting on (which of course you should not divulge), it's a bit harder to say. I have landed interviews this late and, indeed, later. (And the MLA is itself later this year, and my sense is also that the interview invitations got rolling on the late side as well.) The 17th, of course, should be the deadline for schools to schedule interviews, since if you made travel arrangements through the MLA, that is the last day to cancel. You are not in this situation, from what I gather, which makes the 17th less of a deadline. Air travel is a speculative market, so things just might--might--be cheaper later on. Another option is to just keep an eye on the prices and then book when you see a good fare (and try different airport combinations... there a many airports in the LA area aside from LAX). If you buy a ticket and don't end up using it, you can usually cancel it and reuse it (less a fee, usually around $150, I think, but you should be sure to look/ask before buying). Hope this helps and good vibes and good luck.

-- In my experience, professors fight tenaciously for TT lines, but it's the University Administrators who resist and go for the easy money (adjuncts, lecturers). At the department level, they know that long-term they bring in more money, have better retention rates, higher enrollment and a more dedicated faculty when instructors are on TT. Not that lecturers and VAP aren't dedicated, but c'mon... And I say this as a dedicated non-TT prof passionate about teaching and scholarship: I don't go the extra mile b/c I have to publish and focus on the classes that will strengthen my cv.